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September 24, 2006

Keep Rolling

The use of metaphors is widespread in business. Especially in network marketing, where personal development is a key factor, one-liners and metaphors are often used to get important points across. Network marketing is often described as a vehicle that can get you to a desired destination. So if you could pick a vehicle, what kind of vehicle would you choose?

You could go for the sports car. It's fast and it's beautiful. It shines in the sunlight and its engine's roar is impressive. It exemplifies the lifestyle that many people strive for when they get involved in the industry. Some start off this way by adopting a "fake it till you make it approach". Of course you should adopt a certain posture when starting out in network marketing. It's a business where, in the beginning, your attitude largely determines your altitude. However you can only fake it for so long. Unfortunately some people have hit success temporarily and immediately started living the millionaire lifestyle. Only to find out that their success was short lived. Their sports car turned a corner with some gravel and oil and it skid off the road. Sports cars are great vehicles but they often lack the staying power to achieve lasting success.

In order to create the kind of organization that produces success in the long run we need another vehicle as a metaphor. That vehicle is a Sherman tank. Now that Sherman tank is not as fast as the sports car. It is not as beautiful as the sports car. It may not have all the luxury features of a sports car. But that Sherman tank was built for a reason. And that Sherman starts to go down the road. It has its eye on a target in the distance. It must vanquish and conquer that thing down there. It's rolling slowly but steadily in the direction of that target. Now imagine that you are in that Sherman tank and that the target in the distance is what's keeping you and your family from the life that you so richly deserve; a life of abundance, a life of freedom and happiness.

And when friends say: "What do you think you're doing? Do you think you can make this thing work?"

The Sherman tank keeps rolling...

And when people say "I'm going to stop you! Who do you think you are? Where do you come from?"

The Sherman tank keeps rolling...

And when stones and buildings stand in the way?

The Sherman tank keeps rolling...

And people look at you and say: "What are you doing in this network marketing business? Didn't you get an education? Go out and get yourself a decent job!"

You keep rolling...
and you keep rolling...
and you keep rolling...

Because you know, deep in your heart, that if you don't do it this generation, it may take hundreds of years for someone in your family tree to stand up and go and destroy that thing. It is up to you to break the chain of mediocrity. Just look at all the people that have made it before you. They had to keep rolling when things got difficult in their life. The real question is: "Are you willing to do that?"

You see, you don't have to be beautiful. You don't have to be fast. You don't have to be the one with the most talent. What do you have to do?

When someone tells you to give it up and stop this foolish business of yours... What will you do?

Will you let your head hang down in defeat and retreat back into a life of quiet desperation? Or will you aim your cannon dead at them and let go a charge shouting "You can't stop me!" Because as long as you won't let anything or anyone knock you out of the business, you're still in the game and you've got a great chance to win!

So when the difficulties arise in your life...
when people around you are negative...
when your initial results don't meet your expectations...
when people laugh at you and what you're doing...
when you feel discouraged and are tempted to quit...

You put your hands together and you keep rolling...
and you keep rolling...
and you keep rolling...
Until you get there!

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Posted by OneWebCo at September 24, 2006 11:03 AM

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